The food industry is a business of mass production and consumption. Plants and animals that are grown in bulk in farmlands nationwide are processed later at large factories. It is no surprise that some of the most popular snack foods have a lengthy list of ingredients. The various chemicals found in food serve to enhance the color, texture, flavor, and shelf life. There are hundreds of food add...

This paper describes the specifics of forests on former farmlands in Poland and their protection as well as preventive measures taken. The review refers to polish literature on the threat by root rot caused by Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. to pine and spruce plantations established on postagricultural lands on an area of more than 1400 000 ha. In Europe, the latter presents an outstanding ...

Introduction This case study highlights Ingham County Health Department (ICHD) in Lansing, Michigan, which teamed up with diverse partners to begin an environmental health assessment, leading to the development of in­ novative tools such as a Health Impact Plan­ ning Matrix. This effort was considered vital after survey data reflected a negative trend in health status in the region. Additionall...

The paper explores and assesses the potential uses of high resolution satellite imagery and digital image processing algorithms for the auto detection and extraction of geospatial features, farmlands, for the purpose of statutory plane surveying tasks. The satellite imagery was georectified to provide the planar surface necessary for morphometric assessments followed by integrated image process...

For 34 years since the 1986 nuclear disaster, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ) landscapes have been protected with very limited human interventions. Natural afforestation has largely occurred throughout abandoned farmlands, while natural disturbance regimes, which dominantly include wildfires, become more frequent and severe in last years. Here, we utilize dense time series of Landsat satellite ...